--- title: "CVE-2014-8298\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8298?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-8298 Publication date 10 December 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The NVIDIA Linux Discrete GPU drivers before R304.125, R331.x before R331.113, R340.x before R340.65, R343.x before R343.36, and R346.x before R346.22, Linux for Tegra (L4T) driver before R21.2, and Chrome OS driver before R40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and X server crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GLX indirect rendering protocol request. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 304.125-0ubuntu0.1 | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 304.125-0ubuntu0.0.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 304.125-0ubuntu0.0.0.1 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 304.125-0ubuntu0.1 | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 304.125-0ubuntu0.0.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 304.125-0ubuntu0.0.0.1 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 331.113-0ubuntu0.1 | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.0.3 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 331.113-0ubuntu0.1 | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.0.3 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8298) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8298) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8298) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8298) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-2438-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2438-1) + NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities + 10 December 2014 ### Other references * *